- Four World Center activity.
- Bake and make
- Brownslea Island
- Know your knots.
- Promise and Law game
- Compass points
- Brownslea Island.... a find, locate and be informed activity
- Survival Game
- Make Camp Gadgets
- Best tent entrance with chosen patrol colors and name.
- if we can obtain a sari then figure out how to put it on.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wide game: a continuing activity
Checked out the Four World Center Colors
The Four World Centers are part of the links of Unity between all the WAGGGS countries.
each world center has a different color and logo.
Samgam is Purple.
Our Cabana is Orange. Pictures
Pax Lodge is Green
and Our Chalete is deep blue
each world center has a different color and logo.
Samgam is Purple.
Our Cabana is Orange. Pictures
Pax Lodge is Green
and Our Chalete is deep blue
Friday, March 19, 2010
Checked out Brownslea Island, Poole, England
In 1907 the man now known as Lord Baden-Powell needed an island in which to conduct an experimental camp.Of all the little islands in and around the United Kingdom Brownslea Island was the one chosen.
A selected group of boys attended this camp.Four Patrols were organised, each with one Patrol Leader and four other members.
Each day of the Program had an over all topic to cover. The days were divided into manageable time tables, following a set time management flow. The boys could then know what was to come next and plan accordingly.
At the end of the camp and evaluation was completed and Lord Baden-Powell then made his camp report. The then King George the fifth had encouraged the camp experiment. So the report would have been made and given accordingly.
A selected group of boys attended this camp.Four Patrols were organised, each with one Patrol Leader and four other members.
Each day of the Program had an over all topic to cover. The days were divided into manageable time tables, following a set time management flow. The boys could then know what was to come next and plan accordingly.
At the end of the camp and evaluation was completed and Lord Baden-Powell then made his camp report. The then King George the fifth had encouraged the camp experiment. So the report would have been made and given accordingly.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Clean Up Australia
The actual Clean Up Australia national cleaning day lands on what ever the 1st Sunday of March each year is.
Traditionally the Hazelwood and Churchill Girl guides have concentrated their efforts either around the Glendonald Park [the playground and BBQ area] or the Hazelwood South Hall.
Over the years it was found that the youngest Guides got easily bored with the whole thing after about one half hour. The older Guides got distracted after about one to one and a half hours. So now there is a flip side to the service activity.
Coinsiding with the day is a Teddy Bears Picnic and Activities in the Park (about one hour worth). Usually the Teddy Bears picnic starts at just after morning tea time. And the Activities begin about three quarters of an hour later. This way the youngest ones can go back to cleaning up the Park or just progressively make their way over to the Activities in the Park.
needless to say to have these activities going on there needs to be Adult volunteers. Please feel free to speak to the District Leader and ask for the necessary plans, paperwork and other District Team Members participation schedules.
Catching up on all these activities might be easier when you are invited to 'meet' with others with the District Facebook group.
Traditionally the Hazelwood and Churchill Girl guides have concentrated their efforts either around the Glendonald Park [the playground and BBQ area] or the Hazelwood South Hall.
Over the years it was found that the youngest Guides got easily bored with the whole thing after about one half hour. The older Guides got distracted after about one to one and a half hours. So now there is a flip side to the service activity.
Coinsiding with the day is a Teddy Bears Picnic and Activities in the Park (about one hour worth). Usually the Teddy Bears picnic starts at just after morning tea time. And the Activities begin about three quarters of an hour later. This way the youngest ones can go back to cleaning up the Park or just progressively make their way over to the Activities in the Park.
needless to say to have these activities going on there needs to be Adult volunteers. Please feel free to speak to the District Leader and ask for the necessary plans, paperwork and other District Team Members participation schedules.
Catching up on all these activities might be easier when you are invited to 'meet' with others with the District Facebook group.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Older Guides fundraising with a 'make a craft stall'
The Churchill Girl Guides read about a challenge the 1st Cairns Ranger Guides did some year previously. Their challenge was that the 1st Cairns Ranger Guides (14 to 18's ) had set up a craft day. Sounded like they had so much fun on this day that the Churchill Guides wanted to copy their endevours.
So as the 1st Cairns Ranger guides did so to did the Churchill Guides. Since there were fewer Churchill Guides able to help their were fewer tables to be set up.
- Cairns set up about 25 different crafts and the materials tables, Churchill set up six tables.
- Samples of the finished craft were needed. Churchill looked around the hall, the office and their homes to see what was cmpleted and still there.
- The Churchill Guides found that they wanted to try something on another table. Off they went leaving no one who knew what to do at their table. Off course they were constantly being called back to assist someone else.
- Since everything was there on hand theCghurchill guides only charged $1.00 not the $3.00 the 1st Cairns ones did.
- The girls did as many crafts as appealed to them. The variety meant there was something for everyone.
- The same crafts the 1st Cairns girls used the Churchill ones offered too. The crafts included:
Egyptian beads,
paper making,
paper marbling,
3D cards,
Australian animal mobiles,
wool people,
trefoils made with the plastic rings from two litre milk containers,
crystal gardens,
book making.
Everyone had a lot of fun mixing together and doing their best at having nimble fingers fully occupied. Yes there was a bit of money made as well.
A few years later some of the then younger Girl Guides were older. Instead of having another craft day they wanted a market to happen.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
table settings reflect the day
When you choose to have table napkins then you need something to hold them together. The use of glasses was really appreciated when we heeded off to the Italian Australian Club one year. The Guides felt that all their efforts were worth everything they had put into the day.
Other times the guides have either used a ready made napkin holder or they made their napkin holders, name cards and servietters.
different table setting to create for meals
At times we have created ourselves, or sat at professionally done table settings for different events.
These events have been at :
These events have been at :
- late night suppers,
- Learning about our Four World Centers
- buffet meals,
- formal table settings,
- Japanese table settings,
- finger food
- smorgess board
- hostessing by the plate and requesting refreshment types.
- picnics formal or impromtue,
- around campfires
- sitting on the ground at camp
This is the basic 2009 menu to work on.
| Menu Chosen | ||
| Main Course | ||
| Chicken | Roasted | |
| Beef | Roasted | |
| Salad | ||
| Potates | Roasted | |
| Veges | ||
| Desert | ||
| Chocolate Cake | ||
| Merrianges | ||
| Afters | ||
| Scones and Cream | ||
| Guide Biscuits | ||
| Refreshments | ||
| Fizzy drink | ||
| Tea | ||
| Coffee | ||
| Cordial | ||
| Milk | ||
Written by Hazelwood and Churchill Girl Guide District Encouraged to be written by | ||
Together the Girl Guides pool their ideas for the 2009 formal meal..
| Now we pool our likes and dislikes | |
| Foods we like | Foods we don’t like |
| Beetroot | |
| Birthday cake | |
| Cheese | |
| Chips | |
| Chocolate | |
| Cup cakes | |
| Ice Cream | |
| Jelly | |
| Lasagna | Broccoli |
| Lasagna | Chicken |
| Mums Cooking | Garlic |
| Mushrooms | Homemade bread |
| Nuts | Peas |
| Popcorn | Quiche |
| Rice | Spagetti |
| Rice Bubbles | |
| Roast Potaoes | |
| Slaswinga | |
| Soft cheese | |
| Steak | |
| Tiny teddies | |
| Veges | |
Written by Hazelwood and Churchill Girl Guide District Encouraged to be written by Clear Vision | |
Girl Guides learning to have a voice at 2009 formal meal planning
| Individual | ||||||||
| Choose three things you like and one you do not like. Draw a picture or write their names down | ||||||||
| Like | Not Like | |||||||
| Jelly | ||||||||
| Roast Potaoes | Homemade bread | |||||||
| Birthday cake | ||||||||
| Lasagna | ||||||||
| Popcorn | Quiche | |||||||
| Cup cakes | ||||||||
| Ice Cream | ||||||||
| Veges | Spagetti | |||||||
| Slaswinga | ||||||||
| Mums Cooking | ||||||||
| Lasagna | Chicken | |||||||
| Ice cream | ||||||||
| Steak | ||||||||
| Tiny teddies | Peas | |||||||
| Chips | ||||||||
| Chocolate | ||||||||
| Rice Bubbles | Broccoli | |||||||
| Rice | ||||||||
| Beetroot | ||||||||
| Mushrooms | Garlic | |||||||
| Cheese | ||||||||
| Soft cheese | ||||||||
| Nuts | Meat | |||||||
| Chocolate | ||||||||
Written by Hazelwood and Churchill Girl Guide District Encouraged to be written by Clear Vision | ||||||||
Friday, December 11, 2009
Junior Birdsmen
Chant:
Oh my goodness, oh my soul, here comes the junior j bird patrol!
Sing: Up in the air, junior birdsmen,
(Make thumb and forefinger goggles over eyes,)
Up in the air, upside down
(bend head low)
Up in the air, junior birdsmen,
With your noses to the ground.
When you hear the grand announcement,
(Hands cupped over ears,)
That your wings are made of tin,
(Flap wings)
Then you'll know you're a Junior birdsman,
(Goggle eyes)
So send your box tops in.
You need five boxtops,
(Five fingers up
Four bottle bottoms,
Four fingers up
Three labels,
Three fingers up
Two wrappers,
Two fingers up
One thin dime.
One linger up
Zooooommmm!
Flyaway)
(Traditional, North America Summer Camp)
Oh my goodness, oh my soul, here comes the junior j bird patrol!
Sing: Up in the air, junior birdsmen,
(Make thumb and forefinger goggles over eyes,)
Up in the air, upside down
(bend head low)
Up in the air, junior birdsmen,
With your noses to the ground.
When you hear the grand announcement,
(Hands cupped over ears,)
That your wings are made of tin,
(Flap wings)
Then you'll know you're a Junior birdsman,
(Goggle eyes)
So send your box tops in.
You need five boxtops,
(Five fingers up
Four bottle bottoms,
Four fingers up
Three labels,
Three fingers up
Two wrappers,
Two fingers up
One thin dime.
One linger up
Zooooommmm!
Flyaway)
(Traditional, North America Summer Camp)
Basket ball in the park
At the end of first term 2009 when the Guides were planning out their program a few wanted ball activities. Others wanted to have a BBQ, while still others wanted just to be outside later than normal. Friends were invited.
We ended up going to the Glendonald park ion Churchill. Here there is a net ball and basket ball court. Well half the court is net ball, the other half is basket ball.
After all the glass was swept away we were able to go on with trying to get a leader to throw the basket ball into the hoop. After a while she actually did it. Much to her surprise. But the Guides won the count. Even Debbies 2 year old grandchild helped. We put her on our shoulders then helped her throw the ball into the hoop. We stood under the hoop. She did better than the leaders.
The leaders might need practice gettintg the ball into the hoop but they can still pass the ball with force behind it!
We ended up going to the Glendonald park ion Churchill. Here there is a net ball and basket ball court. Well half the court is net ball, the other half is basket ball.
After all the glass was swept away we were able to go on with trying to get a leader to throw the basket ball into the hoop. After a while she actually did it. Much to her surprise. But the Guides won the count. Even Debbies 2 year old grandchild helped. We put her on our shoulders then helped her throw the ball into the hoop. We stood under the hoop. She did better than the leaders.
The leaders might need practice gettintg the ball into the hoop but they can still pass the ball with force behind it!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Learning to march
Learning to march sounds boring. Done the right way is fun. We had fun. Even when you are asked to go back and do it again. And again.
First you start with remembering what one is your left foot! Once it is pointed out that Guide Salute with their Right and shake with their left things are easier. The left foot is the lead foot. we often mucked up.
To correct that there's the skip step. The one where you do a half step and repeat it a few steps later. That way the marching is all back in rhythm again.
Then when your finally moving when do you know when to stop. besides the person in front running stopping and you running right into them. That's where listening to the commands come into it. And doing the commands helps too.
Marching involves swinging the arms. The other arm to the foot that is moving. Or you may end up out of balance and falling into someone else.....the ground hurt's when there is no one to stop you falling.
The hand does not go further than the knee. If you swing the hand too far the steps get out of rhythm.
It took us a really fun time to get this marching stuff under control. then we got new people and we had to show them how it was done. That was really funny cause we realized how funny we looked when we begun to 'March'.
We learned to March so that we could be on parade and escort the colors when the Second World War Board of Honor was brought back to the Hazelwood South Hall. Then we did Australia Days, and Anzac Days. Everytime there was something that we wanted to march in there was new things to learn too.
We were working on our Explore: guiding, Our World and Friendship badges, others doing sections of our Create: Feet, hands, Ears badges. Some of us were doing more to their Junior BP and BP badges,
First you start with remembering what one is your left foot! Once it is pointed out that Guide Salute with their Right and shake with their left things are easier. The left foot is the lead foot. we often mucked up.
To correct that there's the skip step. The one where you do a half step and repeat it a few steps later. That way the marching is all back in rhythm again.
Then when your finally moving when do you know when to stop. besides the person in front running stopping and you running right into them. That's where listening to the commands come into it. And doing the commands helps too.
Marching involves swinging the arms. The other arm to the foot that is moving. Or you may end up out of balance and falling into someone else.....the ground hurt's when there is no one to stop you falling.
The hand does not go further than the knee. If you swing the hand too far the steps get out of rhythm.
It took us a really fun time to get this marching stuff under control. then we got new people and we had to show them how it was done. That was really funny cause we realized how funny we looked when we begun to 'March'.
We learned to March so that we could be on parade and escort the colors when the Second World War Board of Honor was brought back to the Hazelwood South Hall. Then we did Australia Days, and Anzac Days. Everytime there was something that we wanted to march in there was new things to learn too.
We were working on our Explore: guiding, Our World and Friendship badges, others doing sections of our Create: Feet, hands, Ears badges. Some of us were doing more to their Junior BP and BP badges,
Similar but different causes confusion
Often games are played or similar activities are done through out the world. One game may have developed one way, another branched out some other and the original changed beyond recognition. Usually because games and activities spread as people spread, played in may different countries, across class and culture and with anything that is on hand.
The Churchill Guide Unit has up to 6 different primary schools making up the membership. Being a flexiable Guide Unit, with an age range of five to seventeen at different times a simple game or activity needs very clear rules. So now advacacy and self government help in keeping the rules clear to all. These rules are remade several different times over the years.
At different times various camp rules , games [ kick ball, skipping, sack races, craft activities, clean up duties] all come under scrutiny. Discussion is keped cool as the process of determining the rules is decided.
Do we all have an equal input around the discussion circle, in the patrols, patrol leaders meeting, at a committee meeting.
The Churchill Guide Unit has up to 6 different primary schools making up the membership. Being a flexiable Guide Unit, with an age range of five to seventeen at different times a simple game or activity needs very clear rules. So now advacacy and self government help in keeping the rules clear to all. These rules are remade several different times over the years.
At different times various camp rules , games [ kick ball, skipping, sack races, craft activities, clean up duties] all come under scrutiny. Discussion is keped cool as the process of determining the rules is decided.
Do we all have an equal input around the discussion circle, in the patrols, patrol leaders meeting, at a committee meeting.
Accusions of Cheating
Learning to play by the rules of any game is difficult. add to this a splash of variance of the accusion of cheating often comes to the forefront.
The game then becomes a matter of behavior modification and tolerance / forbearance. Dealing with issues and volatile emotions rising their head and messing up a perfectly good game or activity.
The game then becomes a matter of behavior modification and tolerance / forbearance. Dealing with issues and volatile emotions rising their head and messing up a perfectly good game or activity.
Kick Ball : Churchill Guide Style
1) No head butting the ball.
2) No fighting over the ball.
3) Kick ball to the goals to gain points.
4) Put the goals on the ends of the field.
5) If tagged 3 times from opposite team member, the ball is to go to the other team.
6) Be a good sports person.
7) No cheating.
8) No swearing at the elders.
9) No rematches when you’re out.
2) No fighting over the ball.
3) Kick ball to the goals to gain points.
4) Put the goals on the ends of the field.
5) If tagged 3 times from opposite team member, the ball is to go to the other team.
6) Be a good sports person.
7) No cheating.
8) No swearing at the elders.
9) No rematches when you’re out.
Keep it up
Orginally this game came from Communicating September 2002 P 8. Over time several changes have been made.
Keep it Up!** players are in a scattered formation and try to keep a beach ball in the air as long as they can by hitting it before it touches the floor. Each time a player hits the ball, she says something relating to the theme selected. Examples include items in a first aid kit, sporting events, healthy snacks, what to take on a hike, safety hazards etc..
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using the 'Silver lining' proforma
People have different gifts and talents. People look at other people from their understanding of life. Therefore using this chart has helped when trying to sort out what different affect people in various ways. Turning negative thoughts into positive thoughts and paving the way for a more creatively positive attitude and environment is a terrific thing to do. Used often with reflection and evaluations this chart becomes instinctive in it's use. Able to be recalled often .
When the Guides are trying to work out where there relatives are that live in Australia this is one of the maps we have used
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
STAND EASY
STAND EASY:
Command - Unit, stand EASY
The feet remain in the same position as stand-at-ease, but the hands and body may be moved. This position is used when a group are in position and waiting for the arrival of a VIP as in a guard of honour. To bring the group to attention, give the command: Unit, atten-SHUN. On the word 'unit' the group will come to the stand-at-ease position and on the final order come smartly to attention.
Practiced using the Ceremonial made Easy pamphlet.
Command - Unit, stand EASY
The feet remain in the same position as stand-at-ease, but the hands and body may be moved. This position is used when a group are in position and waiting for the arrival of a VIP as in a guard of honour. To bring the group to attention, give the command: Unit, atten-SHUN. On the word 'unit' the group will come to the stand-at-ease position and on the final order come smartly to attention.
Practiced using the Ceremonial made Easy pamphlet.
STAND AT EASE
STAND AT EASE: Command - Unit, stand at EASE
The left foot is moved about 30cm from the right, weight is placed evenly on both feet; hands are held behind the back and the right hand clasped in the left. This is a more relaxed position and can be maintained for a longer time.
Practiced from Ceremonial Made Easy pamphlet
The left foot is moved about 30cm from the right, weight is placed evenly on both feet; hands are held behind the back and the right hand clasped in the left. This is a more relaxed position and can be maintained for a longer time.
Practiced from Ceremonial Made Easy pamphlet
ATTENTION:
ATTENTION:
Command - Unit (or camp,
patrol etc), atten-SHUN
This position should not be maintained too long. The body is held erect, head and eyes facing front, hands by the side, fingers lightly clenched at the rear of the skirt or slack seam, knees and feet together.
From Ceremonial made easy pamphlet.
Command - Unit (or camp,
patrol etc), atten-SHUN
This position should not be maintained too long. The body is held erect, head and eyes facing front, hands by the side, fingers lightly clenched at the rear of the skirt or slack seam, knees and feet together.
From Ceremonial made easy pamphlet.
Giving orders
If the leader moves smartly and well, her example will be followed. The leader is the pivital point of any 'command center'. What people see and hear is how they too will react.
If orders are given smartly - they will be carried out smartly. This is really important when dealing with many people in a crowded area. In order to get the commands over to others the leader should have practiced using her voice so that when calling commands it is done clearly and therefore well. Before the actual comands are given the voice box should have had a 'warm' up practice session.
During the commands the accent is always to be on the end of the word eg 'Atten-SHUN' or on the last word in the command, 'Quick MARCH'. Girls should be taught that they do not move until the whole command has been given.
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